Allentown, Pennsylvania · Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing · NAICS 333611
5inspections
3citation items
$15,242current penalties
Feb 14, 2019last inspection
Windkits LLC has 5 OSHA inspections on record in Pennsylvania, the first in 2015.
OSHA's last visit started on Feb 14, 2019 on a referral, in Allentown.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $17,986 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $15,242, down 15%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.212, machine guarding (2 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Windkits LLC averages $5,081 over 3 cited inspections in that time.
Windkits LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Feb 5, 2019: Employee operating saw suffers amputation of fingertip
At 7:00 p.m. on February 5, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured wind turbines and turbine generator sets. He was operating a radial saw. After adjusting a foam panel to be cut by the saw, the employee reached under a guard and used a wooden stick to push the START button of the saw. The saw's cutting cycle initiated. The blade caught the employee's finger and amputated a fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Allentown site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 75 workers: 7.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Windkits, LLC
Allentown · 2018
75
6
0
7.7
4.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Feb 6, 2019, Allentown: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee suffered a left middle fingertip amputation while operating a production machine. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)
(7) Mechanical execution of work. Electric equipment shall be installed in a neat and workmanlike manner.
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